Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2018.04.03 (Tue)

【#506】Reviving Confrontation: Japan-U.S.-S. Korea vs. China-N. Korea

April 2, 2018 　　　　　From April to May, summit talks are expected to take place between Japan and the United States, between North and South Korea, and between the United States and North Korea. Ami...

2017.12.27 (Wed)

【#487】Friendly, Objective Study Required for Ally

December 25, 2017 　　　　　This year’s international situation featured North Korea’s reckless nuclear and missile tests, China’s unhesitant, dangerous rise and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unpredict...

2017.11.22 (Wed)

【#481】Trump Lacked Leadership during Asian Tour

November 20, 2017 　　　　　Harsh criticisms against U.S. President Donald Trump by liberal media keen to find his faults must be discounted. Still, I cannot but to admit that his latest Asian grand to...

2017.11.02 (Thu)

【#477】Can We Allow U.S. and China to Dominate Matters in Asia?

October 30, 2017 　　　　　U.S. President Donald Trump will tour five Asian countries -- Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines -- in 12 days from November 3 through 14. Japan, South Ko...

2017.10.12 (Thu)

【#472】Japan Can No Longer Depend on U.S.

October 10, 2017 　　　　　Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the powerful House of Representatives for a snap election, realizing that Japanese people’s sense of crisis as a whole is very low even in...

2017.01.26 (Thu)

【#418】New World Order Featuring Declining U.S. Leadership

January 23, 2017 　　　　　Japanese or Western media may not be able to give any clear conclusion on the new U.S. administration. It may be because not a few Trump cabinet members are willing to contin...

2016.12.27 (Tue)

【#415】U.S. Status May Decline Further Under Trump

December 26, 2016 　　　　　The biggest news in 2016 might have been the “Trump Phenomenon.” How will this extraordinary change in the U.S. history of 71 years after World War II influence areas such a...

2016.11.09 (Wed)

【#405】Dark Clouds Loom over World after U.S. Election

November 7, 2016 　　　　　Although it may be too early to predict, I envisage that the world after the November 8 U.S. presidential election will enter into the most turbulent period since the end of ...

2016.11.04 (Fri)

【#404】Can Japan Survive International Turbulence without Amending Constitution?

October 31, 2016 　　　　　After reading a Sankei Shimbun column of October 27 written by its editorial writer Rui Abiru, who is said to have inside knowledge of LDP, titled “Reasons Why Discussion Won...

2016.07.13 (Wed)

【#386】Attitude on Constitution Serves As Litmus Test for Statesmen

July 11, 2016 　　　　　Through the July 10 House of Councilors election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, plus their allies who favor constitutional amendment, won a two-thirds majorit...